Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202338380 - Employee is killed after falling through a roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202338380 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/11/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306446865	07/16/2003	1751	238130	Brethauer Construction Co.

Abstract: On July 11, 2003, a carpenter was putting decking on a residential single-family home. The front had been decked in the morning and the rear was started after lunch. By 3:00 p.m., all employees, except the carpenter, had left the site. The employee allegedly putting a 5-foot by 4-foot sheet of wood on the vertical side of the small roof next to the one that had been completed. The employee was standing on a loose piece of decking that covered a roof opening measuring 26 inches by 24 inches. When the carpenter inadvertently moved the loose wood off the opening, he fell through the hole, approximately 14 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was killed when he suffered head trauma.

Keywords: DECKING, HEAD, INSTALLING, ROOF, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306446865			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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